Adolescence Wins Best Television Limited Series, Anthology or Motion Picture Made for Television at the 2026 Golden Globes

The 2026 Golden Globe for Best Television Limited Series, Anthology or Motion Picture Made for Television has been announced.

On Sunday, Jan. 11, Adolescence won in the category at the 83rd annual ceremony, which is taking place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The show’s co-creator Jack Thorne accepted the award and gave a speech thanking Netflix and listing the names of several people who have supported the series.

“Some think our show is about how we should be frightened of young people,” he went on to say. “It’s not. It’s about the filth and the debris we have laid in their path. It is impossible to highlight anyone else in our extraordinary cast and crew, but our young company, Owen [Cooper], Amari [Bacchus], Amélie [Pease], Fatima [Bojang] and Kaine [Davis]. You are proof the world can be better.”

“Removing hate is our generation’s responsibility,” Thorne concluded. “It requires thought from the top down. The possibility seems remote right now, but hope is a beautiful thing. Thank you for this. We will treasure you.”

Other nominees in the category included Adolescence, All Her Fault, The Beast in Me, Black Mirror, Dying for Sex and The Girlfriend.

Adolescence follows a British family as their 13-year-old son Jamie Miller (Cooper) is accused and arrested for murdering a teenage girl in his class.

The Netflix drama received five nominations in four categories at this year’s Golden Globes, including Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Stephen Graham), Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television (Erin Doherty) and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television (Ashley Waters and Cooper). Graham, Doherty and Cooper all scored wins.

In 16-year-old Cooper’s acceptance speech, he opened up about being recognized for his role.

“Wow, standing here with a Golden Globe, it does not feel real whatsoever,” he said in part while accepting the honor. “What an incredible journey me and my family have been put through. We are forever grateful for what these people have done for me and my family. What started off as, what I thought [was], ‘I might be okay, I might be awful. I never know.’ So I took a risk, and I went to drama classes.”

“I was the only boy there. It was embarrassing,” he continued. “But I got through it, and I’m still very much an apprentice. So still learning every day. I’m still learning from the people that I sat in front of, you sat in front of me, who’s inspired me.”

All Her Fault was also up for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television at the Globes on Sunday, with Sarah Snook recognized for her performance as Marissa Irvine.

In the Peacock series, the affluent mom arrives to collect her 5-year-old son, Milo (Duke McCloud), from a playdate only to find that he was never there. As the family’s frantic search begins, the media is quick to point the finger at Marissa and her friend, Jenny Kaminski (Elle Fanning), whose nanny, Carrie Finch (Sophia Lillis), becomes the prime suspect.

During her speech at the Critics Choice Awards on Jan. 4, Snook said she had an “awesome time with the crew, shooting really great stuff, and I think that’s the main thing, just having a great time while we’re shooting.”

The Netflix series,The Beast in Me, was also nominated for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Claire Danes) and Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Matthew Rhys).

The Beast in Me follows author and grieving mom Aggie Wiggs (Danes) as Nile Jarvis (Rhys) moves into her neighborhood and inspires he to dig into his story as a suspect in the disappearance of his wife. Speaking with PEOPLE around the premiere, Rhys, 51, said there’s a “relish of the discomfort around” his character that he “thoroughly enjoys.”

“But then when he finds a kind of tennis partner in Aggie, and he goes, ‘Oh wow, this is someone who can hit the ball back at a far greater speed and far more deftly.’ So, that’s always fun,” he added.

After a two-year break, Black Mirror returned in April 2025 with actors including Rashida Jones and Paul Giamatti starring in hit episodes, which also earned them both acting nods at the 2026 Golden Globes. Giamatti appeared in seventh-season episode “Eulogy,” while Jones starred in the episode, “Common People.”

Black Mirror, a thriller that explores technology’s dark side and its impact on modern society, earned three nominations at 2026 Golden Globes, and marks the series’ first since its 2011 premiere.

Dying for Sex, starring Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate, is up for a total of two awards of the night. In addition to best limited-series, Williams snagged a nomination for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

The miniseries follows a woman who receives a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic breast cancer and decides to leave her husband, Steve (Jay Duplass) as she “begins to explore the full breadth and complexity of her sexual desires for the first time in her life,” per a synopsis from the network. It also features performances from Rob Delaney, Kelvin Yu, David Rasche, Esco Jouléy and Sissy Spacek.

The Girlfriend, which premiered in September on Prime Video, is adapted from Michelle Frances’ novel of the same name and stars Robin Wright, Olivia Cooke and Laurie Davidson.

Wright plays Laura, a protective mother whose world unravels when her son Daniel (Davidson) brings home new girlfriend Cherry (Cooke). Laura is suspicious about Cherry’s mysterious past, while Cherry is worried about Laura’s manipulative tendencies. Together, that ignites quite the power struggle in this tense thriller.

Wright’s performance earned her a nomination in the category, Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television.

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The Golden Globes air live on Sunday, Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. ET on the CBS Television Network, and viewers can stream the show on Paramount+ in the U.S.